Countryman attacks Hickenlooper on Iowa farm policy
Atty Gen Dayton Countryman assailed Sen Bourke Hickenlooper during a Republican caravan stop in Shenandoah Iowa, blaming the senior senator for inaction on farm policy over 11 years. Hickenlooper rebutted only on the farm bill veto, arguing administration actions may aid farmers more than the veto.
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Dayton Countryman
Bourke Hickenlooper
R-la
Iowa
Countryman
Secretary of Agriculture
Hickenlooper
U.S
Eisenhower
Wilcox says Eisenhower admitted farm policy neglect
Dumund Wilcox, Jefferson Democrat and US senate candidate, told Carroll county Democrats that President Eisenhower acknowledged neglect of the farm sector. He argued the farm bill veto left the program intact and criticized the administration for delaying needed parity support.
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Dumund Wilcox
Jefferson
Eisenhower
Wilcox
Carroll County
Nichol as opposes repeal of homestead tax exemption in Iowa
W H Nicholas, candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, spoke in Creston to the Fifth district meeting of the Iowa Council of Republican Women. He opposed repealing the homestead tax exemption and pledged to block any such legislation if elected.
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W. H. Nicholas
Nicholas
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Pendleton Pushes Expanded State Aid for Schools
Creston report notes State Rep. Wendell Pendleton of Storm Lake seeks Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He calls for expanded state aid to meet rising enrollments and urges legislation to give local areas room to exercise home rule while ensuring adequate public education.
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Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Pendleton
Ivars Liepins Named Editor of Daily Iowan
Ivars R. Liepins, a liberal arts senior from Iowa City, was named editor of the Daily Iowan by the Board of Student Publications, Inc. He will serve from May 16 to May 15 next year, succeeding Kirk Boyd of Davenport. Liepins has lived in the United States since 1950.
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University of Iowa
Daily Iowan
Ivars R. Liepins
Board of
Student Publications, Inc
Liepins
Kirk Boyd
Davenport
United States
Eastern Iowa News Briefs Summary of Local Notices
Local items report deaths, hospital patients, and civic events across towns. Willard Spence of Painesville Ohio noted as a deceased former Wyoming resident. several residents listed as patients at Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Oelwein hospitals. Community drives raise funds. Clean-Up day planned. youth named to Boys State. law violator fined. crime and health fund meetings scheduled.
Barn Fire Destroys Manchester Farm Structure
Cade Special to The Gazette reports a high wind fueled fire Tuesday afternoon that destroyed a barn on the Mrs Jess Young property at East Main street in Manchester. Fire trucks fought flames on the Gienapp dwelling roof and hatchery brooder house and the blaze damaged chicken feeders and a tractor. Winds spread fire to a field behind the hatchery and set several large trees ablaze near the area.
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Manchester
Jess Young
East Main Street
Walter Gienapp
Gienapp
Gienapps
Political Ringside Busy Days Start for Iowa's New G.O.P. Committeeman
Charles E. Wittenmeyer, 52, Davenport attorney, was seated as Iowa's new Republican national committeeman amid high level party planning after the farm bill veto. The longtime party worker has led Scott County Republican efforts since 1934 and will aid campaign plans and the 1948 national convention as a delegate-at-large.
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Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines—I
Iowa
Charles E. Wittenmeyer
Davenport
G.O.P. National Committee
San Francisco
Scott County
Robert Goodwin
Des Moines
Goodwin
National Committee
Washington
G.O.P
First district GOP leader from Scott County noted
The subject is a member of the Frank Walton League and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, owning a small farm in Scott County. Wittenmeyer was elected First District Republican chairman in July 1954, having previously served on the state central committee as district representative when James Schramm moved from the First district to state chairmanship.
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Springville
Harold Ramsey
Raymond Gent
Keokuk County Hospital
Sigourney
Tipton
Thomas L. Stoneking
Paullina
Strawberry Point
Lawrence Morris
S. V. Whitlock
Wittenmeyer
Scott County
Young Republican League
G.Q.P. Central Committee
Davenport
Republican Central Committee
Frank Walton League
The
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
State Central Committee
James Schramm
Burlington
Van Nest Charged in Shooting at Iowa City
Roland Van Nest, 52, was charged with assault to commit murder in Iowa City after a tavern shooting Friday night. He allegedly shot Trene Kenney, 42, twice with a .22 pistol. both Kenneys were listed in good condition. Van Nest faces up to 30 years if convicted. The incident followed a tavern dispute over served alcohol.
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